AngioDynamics Inc., a medical device maker in Queensbury, is moving its administrative, business development and marketing departments to a new, 52,500-square-foot building in Latham.

Company officials announced the move today, saying they will lease a three-story building to be built at Century Hill Plaza off Route 9, about 45 miles south of Queensbury.

Sixty-five AngioDynamics employees will move to Latham when the building is finished in March 2010. That will free up space in Queensbury to boost manufacturing capacity and continue serving as the company’s distribution warehouse.

Up to 150 employees can be accommodated in the new offices.

“This expansion into a prime space represents a continuing commitment to upstate New York and concludes a multi-month process in which we examined how to best accommodate our growing needs,” said Jan Keltjens, president and CEO of AngioDynamics. “Having proximity to the Albany International Airport will give us the travel options our new global strategy demands while at the same time continuing to allow our Queensbury location to grow.”

First Columbia President Kevin Bette said the company considered moving to bio-tech research centers in Boston or New Jersey but decided to stay in the Albany region, which has a growing roster of high-tech firms.

“We are delighted that they have chosen to move key personnel to 100 Plaza Drive,” Bette said.

AngioDynamics will be the first tenant in the second phase of the business park, with plans for three more buildings. That would raise the total amount of leasable space in the second phase to 230,000 square feet.

Ground clearing has already begun for the AngioDynamics building. The construction site is visible to tens of thousands of motorists every day driving past Exit 6 of the Northway.

Angio’s new space will use recycled materials and have energy-saving features with the goal of obtaining a silver LEED designation from the U.S. Green Building Council.

CB Richard Ellis/Albany helped AngioDynamics find the location.

The first phase of Century Hill Plaza has a 98.5 percent occupancy rate. Tenants include BlueShield of Northeastern New York, Time Warner Cable Media Sales, JLT Services, ING, New York Life, Bank of America and the New York State School Boards Association.